“Dazzling and heroic. Pianist Yeol Eum Son explores new musical dimensions” The Korea Times
- Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2
- IGOR STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite (1945)
- In-person event
- Bilingual
- ≈ 2 hours · With intermission
In a breathtaking display of talent, world-renowned Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son makes her NAC debut with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2
Son’s power to project bold dramatic contrasts make her the perfect messenger for Sergei Prokofiev’s formidable Piano Concerto No. 2, a blockbuster film score without the film, conjuring the marching of giants, “cinematic chase scenes”, and exquisite tenderness. Yeol Eum Son is reunited on stage with Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro, who, in addition to having led many of the world’s finest orchestras on stages throughout the UK, Europe, Canada, the United States, Asia, and South America, makes her return to Southam Hall.
Igor Stravinsky composed his iridescent ballet The Firebird for the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, but the music has endured over the years and achieved even greater recognition as an orchestral suite. The 1945 version is the result of a re-write that allowed the work to be copyrighted in the United States, shortly before Stravinsky became an American citizen.